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'field' is a database term. All the bits of information that your website uses are contained and managed in a database dedicated to your business. In this database, information is organised in a collection of tables. A table contains data grouped for a function or feature your website uses. Some examples are Users, Products, and Orders. A table has columns or fields that each contain a data type. Each row contains a record of values a single entity has for each data type. When you add, edit or view a page in the CMS or on your website, you are accessing database fields and values entered for them. Some like Email Address and Default Customer Account for the User table are standard on your website.
Custom fields are fields that are not on pages in the out-of-the-box version of the Customer Self Service eCommerce PlatformCV ECommerce platform. |
Your business may want to maintain or display data in non-standard fields for certain functions in the CMS or even on a website page (product or category-related only). You can create custom fields to these tables:
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